A Rare Occasion

Today was one of those rare days when we had

 NOTHING at all planned. 

The boys had friends stay overnight after Friday's baseball

game. They woke me up this morning by playing(yelling) in the driveway

I jumped out of bed thinking it had to be noon and staggered down the stairs

just to see 7:28 am on the clock. Are you freakin kidding me?

Not only did they wake me, but the neighbors received the

same lovely gift (sorry Mona)

As I sat on my front porch with my extra strong coffee, I noticed

a single rose had bloomed overnight.

 A sense of calm came over me

I really wanted to enjoy some sun. I

missed most of it yesterday due to work, then 

Karrick's Slinky shoot downtown. By the time we got to TJ's game at 5:30

the wind was a howling

as clearly heard in all my videos

Mother Nature had other ideas

for my Saturday

I alternated between working inside and 

lounging on the deck when the sun did peak out for 10 min intervals

Once the torrential rains came, I packed up the kids and headed to

the health club

Cal and Ben (my 4th son)

running the track

For the 1 st hour we had the pool to ourselves

Who has eyes that big?

I'm thinking the new Morton Salt Boy

Our rainy Saturday turned out to be delightful. It

was a rare treat to just hang with my boys

and have some fun

I get to do it all over again tomorrow

because we have NOTHING planned except to sleep in.

(minus the extra boys)

We won't get another free weekend until Fall

It was a rare occasion